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wade." but the parameters of the discussion have evolved, as the battleground has shifted from washington to the states. joining us to discuss the shape of that debate four decades later are charmaine yoest. she's president of americans united for life. and nancy keenan, outgoing president of naral pro-choice america. welcome to you both. so, 40 years later, is roe versus wade still relevant? >> absolutely. and i think because the whole issue around whether individual women make their decision with their family, their doctor, their god or whether politicians as the governor or state legislator is absolutely relevant. it is something we all have to be vigilant around in protecting this very basic freedom for women. >> ifill: charmaine yoest is the fight playing out in the federal level or is it moved on? >> it's really moved on. the day after roe, abortion policy will be governed by the state closer to the people where it belongs. over the last two years americans for life legal team has been
wade." but the parameters of the discussion have evolved, as the battleground has shifted from washington to the states. joining us to discuss the shape of that debate four decades later are charmaine yoest. she's president of americans united for life. and nancy keenan, outgoing president of naral pro-choice america. welcome to you both. so, 40 years later, is roe versus wade still relevant? >> absolutely. and i think because the whole issue around whether individual women make...
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and wade zirkle-- he served two tours in iraq as an infantry officer in the marine corps, and earnea purple heart. i guess i'll ask both of you starting with you colonel haring, what is good and what is bad about this change? >> well, i think pretty everything is good about the change. it opens a vast number of opportunities to women across the military. but i think this is a win for not only women but also our military and really the country broadly. >> ifill: i'd ask wade zirkle the same question. >> sure, gwen. i think this is generallyood. thi you viewers need to understand that this is is merely the lifting of a ban and the service chiefs need to decide how it's going to be implemented. so there still will be some occupational specialties that will be restricted from women. so i think generally it's good. it's good for women, it's good for the military, it's good for our country. although there are a lot of questions as to how they'll be implemented. >> ifill: let's walk through these starting with you kohl they will haring. day at the pntagon when secrery panetta and general de
and wade zirkle-- he served two tours in iraq as an infantry officer in the marine corps, and earnea purple heart. i guess i'll ask both of you starting with you colonel haring, what is good and what is bad about this change? >> well, i think pretty everything is good about the change. it opens a vast number of opportunities to women across the military. but i think this is a win for not only women but also our military and really the country broadly. >> ifill: i'd ask wade zirkle...
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and wade zirkle-- he served two tours in iraq as an infantry officer in the marine corps, and earned a purple heart. i guess i'll ask both of you starting with you colonel haring, what is good and what is bad about this change? >> well i think pretty everything is good about the change. it opens a vast number of opportunities to women across the military. but i think this is a win for not only women but also our military and really the country broadly. >> ifill: i'd ask wade zirkle the same question. >> sure, gwen. i think this is generally good. i think your viewers need to understand that this is is merely the lifting of a ban and the service chiefs need to decide how it's going to be implemented. so there still will be some occupational specialties that will be restricted from women. so i think generally it's good. it's good for women it's good for the military it's good for our country. although there are a lot of questions as to how they'll be implemented. >> ifill: let's walk through these starting with you kohl they will haring. today at the pentagon when secretary panetta and
and wade zirkle-- he served two tours in iraq as an infantry officer in the marine corps, and earned a purple heart. i guess i'll ask both of you starting with you colonel haring, what is good and what is bad about this change? >> well i think pretty everything is good about the change. it opens a vast number of opportunities to women across the military. but i think this is a win for not only women but also our military and really the country broadly. >> ifill: i'd ask wade zirkle...
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wade like. and i guess i have thought about that a lot over the last week and i think it probably not likely to happen. i think it's probably the momentum is such that if the court did move aggressively, maybe there would be some pushback. but i think it's not like the abortion issue. we shouldn't draw that parallel. i think it's really pretty ch cemented. the one thing i wi say out ecourts to t extent we can understand what they're thinking on the basis of oral argument, i really got a sense reading about it was the really hesitancy on the part of most members of the court to interfere with the flow of public opinion. a real sense that public opinion is shifting so much, they don't know how to insert themselves into it and given their druthers, a lot of them at least, several of them, at least, would just like to stay out and are looking for an avenue to stay out and not interfere with the flow. >> how do you see that? >> well, judy, i think that it is irrefutable that roe v. wade mains 40years
wade like. and i guess i have thought about that a lot over the last week and i think it probably not likely to happen. i think it's probably the momentum is such that if the court did move aggressively, maybe there would be some pushback. but i think it's not like the abortion issue. we shouldn't draw that parallel. i think it's really pretty ch cemented. the one thing i wi say out ecourts to t extent we can understand what they're thinking on the basis of oral argument, i really got a sense...
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wade," 40 years later. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you for joining us. good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> macarthur foundation. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> this is "bbc world news america." funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions in capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >
wade," 40 years later. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you for joining us. good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> macarthur foundation. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs...
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you've waded into some very controversial territory here and many officials would simply flat out disagree with your results. >> well, we're not after a witch-hunt but we do think the facts need to be laid out there, the american people need to understand it, the congress needs to understand it. because what we want to do is to get back to the values that we had before those decisions were made. respect for law, respect for international treaties and conventions and it can be achieved again but i think before that can be done they have to understand the depth of the activities we took in the name of our government. >> brown: james jones, david irvine, thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> ifill: again, the other major developments of the day. the investigation of the boston marathon bombings ramped up. an eight-year-old boy was among the three dead, with more than 170 injured. investigators indicated there are no suspects and no motive in the bombings. but the head of homeland security said there's no indication of a wider plot. senate majority leader hairy reid confirmed a letter tes
you've waded into some very controversial territory here and many officials would simply flat out disagree with your results. >> well, we're not after a witch-hunt but we do think the facts need to be laid out there, the american people need to understand it, the congress needs to understand it. because what we want to do is to get back to the values that we had before those decisions were made. respect for law, respect for international treaties and conventions and it can be achieved...
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wade," 40 years later. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you for joining us. good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> macarthur foundation. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by wpbt >> this is n.b.r. >> susie: good evening, everyone. i'm susie gharib. tonight, a special look at innovation and competitiveness in america. we introduce you to watson, the i.b.m. super computer that's leading u.s. innovation into the future. >> tom: good evening. i'm tom hudson. we also meet some smaller all- american businesses surviving and thriving as the global marketplace gets more competitive. >> susie: we have that and more to
wade," 40 years later. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you for joining us. good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> macarthur foundation. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs...
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. >> undermining the standards set out in the supreme court 1973 ruling in "roe versus wade". that decision gave women the right to an abortion until the fetus is viable outside the womb, about 24 weeks it into pregnancy. speaking last friday at a planned parenthood conference, president obama took aim at measures designed to limit abortion rights. he told the crowd such policies would, quote, roll back basic rights when it comes to women's health. >> when you read about some of these laws, you want to check the calendar. you want to make sure you are still living in 2013. 40 years after the supreme court affirmed a woman's constitutional right to privacy including the right to choose, we shouldn't have to remind people that when it comes to a woman's health, no politician should get to decides what's best for you. >> brown: the president also pledged to fight every step of the way on behalf of planned parenthood. two republicans in congress and several gop controlled state legislatures, introduced initiatives to defund the organization. meanwhile, antiabortion activists are a
. >> undermining the standards set out in the supreme court 1973 ruling in "roe versus wade". that decision gave women the right to an abortion until the fetus is viable outside the womb, about 24 weeks it into pregnancy. speaking last friday at a planned parenthood conference, president obama took aim at measures designed to limit abortion rights. he told the crowd such policies would, quote, roll back basic rights when it comes to women's health. >> when you read about...
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it sounds like it's wading into the political morass on capitol hill. >> you almost detected a note of frustration out of ben bernanke that as the fed has done these things to try to get the economy going, congress seems to be working in the other direction. there are two aspects to it: there's the longer-term fiscal drag. tax increases at the start of the year, the sequestration, spending cuts, all those things are dragging on growth and that's been a slow-moving thing that's been the case for months. at the same time, there's the risk of something much worse which is as we get this fiscal standoff over the next few weeks will there be a shutdown in the government? will congress be unable to reach a deal to fund the government? will they threaten to not raise the debt ceiling and risk a financial crisis like there was back in summer of 2011? >> ifill: it sounds like he's more concerned about the debt ceiling battle than anything else? >> i think he's right. what ben bernanke fears most is the kind of thing the fed can't do anything about which is a financial crisis brought about not b
it sounds like it's wading into the political morass on capitol hill. >> you almost detected a note of frustration out of ben bernanke that as the fed has done these things to try to get the economy going, congress seems to be working in the other direction. there are two aspects to it: there's the longer-term fiscal drag. tax increases at the start of the year, the sequestration, spending cuts, all those things are dragging on growth and that's been a slow-moving thing that's been the...
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wade," the u.s. supreme court ruling that legalized abortion. dalyrmple also signed the nation's first law banning abortions based on down syndrome and other genetic defects. the supreme court of indiana has upheld the broadest school voucher program in the nation. a unanimous decision today rejected arguments that the law mainly benefits religious institutions that run private schools. unlike most states, indiana's program extends not only to the poor, but to middle-class families as well. in cyprus, several thousand students protested in nicosia, a day after the country secured a $13 billion international bailout. the deal calls for cyprus to shrink its banking sector and impose heavy losses on large depositors. today protesters marched on parliament and the presidential palace. they waved signs and chanted slogans against the austerity measures, and the financial toll they're expected to take. >> they've just eliminated all our dreams, everything we worked for, everything we achieved up until now what our parents have achieved. basically they
wade," the u.s. supreme court ruling that legalized abortion. dalyrmple also signed the nation's first law banning abortions based on down syndrome and other genetic defects. the supreme court of indiana has upheld the broadest school voucher program in the nation. a unanimous decision today rejected arguments that the law mainly benefits religious institutions that run private schools. unlike most states, indiana's program extends not only to the poor, but to middle-class families as...
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wade," 40 yeari' gwlaeren. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you for joining us. good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> macarthur foundation. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
wade," 40 yeari' gwlaeren. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you for joining us. good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> macarthur foundation. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your...
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the images of an adoring throng waving and wading through icy waters added to the world's amusement back then. how serious things have become since with this region held hostage to the unknowabl intentions of an inexperienced despot. these are dangerous, uncharted waters indeed. >> brown: still to come on the "newshour": new worries about white supremacists; the high costs of dementia; religious fault lines in kenya; former supreme court justice sandra day o'connor and a remembrance of film critic roger ebert. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the governor of connecticut has now signed into law some of the toughest gun control measures in the nation. he made it official at a signing ceremony in hartford, surrounded by family members of victims of gun violence, including december's newtown school massacre. the new legislation will restrict sales of high-capacity ammunition clips, and expand the list of guns on the state's assault weapons ban. it also requires a background check for all firearms sales. governor dannel malloy hailed it as a major
the images of an adoring throng waving and wading through icy waters added to the world's amusement back then. how serious things have become since with this region held hostage to the unknowabl intentions of an inexperienced despot. these are dangerous, uncharted waters indeed. >> brown: still to come on the "newshour": new worries about white supremacists; the high costs of dementia; religious fault lines in kenya; former supreme court justice sandra day o'connor and a...
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and your father considered this superstitious, folk wade, and here you are bringing to the u.s. that many thought was backwards. >> many still do. i was very selective. just because something is ancient doesn't mean it's good. there are certain things that have survived, and most are in the area of how consciousness affect ourselves biol. when i would say your biology is different in different states of consciousness, people said, "what is that?" i also trained in neuroencrinnology where it's very clear that every emotion you have is followed pie a molecule that represents that emotion. i was, of course, privy to this ancient wisdom through my only person experiences, and the experiences of my patients. bu>> brown: what kind of tensions did this bring about with you or your father? >> i thought deepak was being very courageous. >> brown: courageous. i was wondering about something different-- crazy. >> crazy, also. and he had a thriving practice in massachusetts. medical students from new england medical center, tufts medical school would rotate through the office. he would teac
and your father considered this superstitious, folk wade, and here you are bringing to the u.s. that many thought was backwards. >> many still do. i was very selective. just because something is ancient doesn't mean it's good. there are certain things that have survived, and most are in the area of how consciousness affect ourselves biol. when i would say your biology is different in different states of consciousness, people said, "what is that?" i also trained in...
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. >> brown: james, dwayne wade and chris bosh make up miami's "big three". a victory tonight would mean back-to-back titles for their franchise. for san antonio, veteran tim duncan leads a spurs team that has never lost in the finals. a win thursday would garner him a fifth title. duncan said yesterday his team we know what's at stake. we know what we have to do. it's all about just winning the title. it's not about situations or what's led up to it. >> brown: another epic playoff battle is being waged on the ice, between two of the national hockey league's "original six" teams. the chicago blackhawks and boston bruins are deadlocked at two games apiece in the stanley cup final. three of the four games have gone to overtime, including last night's thriller, a 6-to-5 win for chicago. game five is saturday night in chicago. mike pesca of npr has been trying to keep up with all this. tonight he joins us from, where else? miami, for game seven of the n.b.a. finals. and, mike, start right there. you are, of course, by definition, excited at this time of year, but
. >> brown: james, dwayne wade and chris bosh make up miami's "big three". a victory tonight would mean back-to-back titles for their franchise. for san antonio, veteran tim duncan leads a spurs team that has never lost in the finals. a win thursday would garner him a fifth title. duncan said yesterday his team we know what's at stake. we know what we have to do. it's all about just winning the title. it's not about situations or what's led up to it. >> brown: another epic...
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thousands of anti-abortion protesters rallied in washington today against "roe versus wade." the supreme court decision that legalized abortion was handed down 40 years ago this week. this year's rally and march came in frigid temperatures. protesters carried signs and chanted slogans on the steps of the supreme court. abortion rights demonstrators staged a counter-demonstration there. republican senator saxby chambliss of georgia will not run for a third term in 2014. in a statement today, chambliss said, "this is about frustration." he said he's unhappy with president obama's direction and tired of partisan gridlock. chambliss had angered tea party forces when he supported tax increases as part of a plan to tame the federal deficit. wall street closed the week with another rally. the dow jones industrial average gained 70 points to close near 13,896. the nasdaq rose 19 pointto close at 3,149. the s&p 500 finished above 1,500 for the first time since 2007. for the week, the dow gained nearly 2%; the nasdaq rose half a percent. those are some of the day's major stories. now,
thousands of anti-abortion protesters rallied in washington today against "roe versus wade." the supreme court decision that legalized abortion was handed down 40 years ago this week. this year's rally and march came in frigid temperatures. protesters carried signs and chanted slogans on the steps of the supreme court. abortion rights demonstrators staged a counter-demonstration there. republican senator saxby chambliss of georgia will not run for a third term in 2014. in a statement...
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thousands of anti-abortion protesters rallied in washington today against "roe versus wade." the supreme court decision that legalized abortion was handed down 40 years ago this week. this year's rally and march came in frigid temperatures. protesters carried signs and chanted slogans on the steps of the supreme court. abortion rights demonstrators staged a counter-demonstration there. republican senator saxby chambliss of georgia will not run for a third term in 2014. in a statement today, chambliss said, "this is about frustration." he said he's unhappy with president obama's direction and tired of partisan gridlock. chambliss had angered tea party forces when he supported tax increases as part of a plan to tame the federal deficit. wall street closed the week with another rally. the dow jones industrial average gained 70 points to close near 13896. the nasdaq rose 19 points to close at 3,149. the s&p 500 finished above 1,500 for the first time since 2007. for the week, the dow gained nearly 2%; the nasdaq rose half a percent. those are some of the day's major stories. now,
thousands of anti-abortion protesters rallied in washington today against "roe versus wade." the supreme court decision that legalized abortion was handed down 40 years ago this week. this year's rally and march came in frigid temperatures. protesters carried signs and chanted slogans on the steps of the supreme court. abortion rights demonstrators staged a counter-demonstration there. republican senator saxby chambliss of georgia will not run for a third term in 2014. in a statement...
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wade." so that's why there's a whole slew of bills filed right now in the arkansas legislature that addresses abortion restrictionings. >> sreenivasan: so this law in arkansas is not set to take effect until this summer. what are the abortion rights groups planning to do? >> the a.c.l.u. of arkansas, the nation a.l.u. and the center for reproductive rights plan to file a lawsuit, i'm told sooner rather than later, possibly within the next two to four weeks. >> sreenivasan: can you put this in context of legislation happening in other states? >> yesterday on the same day that the arkansas house voted to enact the 12 week law a federal court judge in idaho struck down a 2011 law that banned abortions at the 20-week stage and similar litigation is going on in arizona and in georgia. >> suarez: we've seen-- or at least reported-- that folks who are in the anti-abortion camp see that this isn't the best strategy. >> that's right, that's right. the council for the national right to life has said t
wade." so that's why there's a whole slew of bills filed right now in the arkansas legislature that addresses abortion restrictionings. >> sreenivasan: so this law in arkansas is not set to take effect until this summer. what are the abortion rights groups planning to do? >> the a.c.l.u. of arkansas, the nation a.l.u. and the center for reproductive rights plan to file a lawsuit, i'm told sooner rather than later, possibly within the next two to four weeks. >>...
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improve the rights and abilities of their citizens here but i don't see the mexican government wait wading into the politics here. they've seen before the failures of big, comprehensive immigration reforms, and investigate mexican government, or any foreign government step, in what is often seen as a domestic policy issue. we won't see any big public announcements on it. >> woodruff: do you see them, diana negroponte, standing back and watching with interest? >> they watch very closely. they follow our imgriegz debate in detail, but they do not want to interfere because they have, as a principle, a concept of sovereign, noninterference. so we should not interfere in their energy debate. >> woodruff: well let me ask you about the question of security as we mentioned in the setup piece just a few minute ago. this new president, pena nieto, changing the way the two countries will be dealing with each other when it comes to the drug war, trying to centralize where all the information goes. how much of a different does that portend to be? >> we've had a very intense, close collaboration with th
improve the rights and abilities of their citizens here but i don't see the mexican government wait wading into the politics here. they've seen before the failures of big, comprehensive immigration reforms, and investigate mexican government, or any foreign government step, in what is often seen as a domestic policy issue. we won't see any big public announcements on it. >> woodruff: do you see them, diana negroponte, standing back and watching with interest? >> they watch very...